"I'm goin' off the rails on a crazy train."

from "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne

Long Black train, Josh turner

Life's railway to Heaven, various artists, I have the Brad Paisley version

A few Johnny Cash songs. Guess if you listen to Country music, you'll hear a song with trains in it lol.

Almost forgot the Willie Nelson cover of City of New Orleans.

Last Train to Clarksville - Monkees

Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knight & the Pips

Across the Border - ELO  "Gonna catch that southbound train tonight..."

Rusty

NO NO NO...

I'm not talkin' about TRAIN SONGS...only songs that mention a train somewhere in the verses.

Another example:"

"I hear that train a'comin'

Rollin' 'round the bend'

I ain't seen the sunshine

Since I don't know when,

Cause I'm stuck in Folsom Prison, etc..." 

SEE?

We did the "Train Songs" thread awhile back, but this is different.

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Unless I'm mistaken, train songs do tend to mention trains in their lyrics.

Rusty

RUSTY, 

You're misunderstanding the premise of this thread!

Here's another example:

"The Engineers would see him sittin' in the shade,

Strummin' to the rhythm that the Drivers made..."

Chuck Berry, "Johnny B. Goode" 

So you see?

My examples were:

"Brother,Can You Spare a Dime?"

"Folsom Prison Blues"

"Johnny B. Goode" 

None of these songs were about Trains, Sir!

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Mrs. Crabcake (reading over my shoulder) adds:

"My baby takes the morning train
He works from nine till five and then
He takes another home again
To find me waitin' for him"

SHEENA EASTON
"Morning Train (Nine To Five)"

I give up.

All your posts are ABOUT trains. 

You don't understand the simple assignment I'm offering you, so I'm deleting my thread!

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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, by the Band, circa 1970.

Virgil Caine is my name and I served on the Danville train.........it's less than a quarter mile from my house (now NS, after being Southern).

Peter

HEY PETER,

Now THAT'S what I'm talkin' about!

You're the first member to get it right...you're a man who comprehends!

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"And she fights for her life
As she puts on her coat
And she fights for her life on the train"

"Her Morning Elegance" by Oren Lavie

The girl is slightly depressed and is on a train. It's about the girl. Not the train. She just happens to be on a train.

Good.

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And I followed her to the station, with her suitcase in my hand,
And I followed her to the station, with her suitcase in my hand.
Well, it's hard to tell, it's hard to tell, when all your love's in vain,
All my love's in vain.

When the train rolled up to the station, I looked her in the eye,
When the train rolled up to the station, and I looked her in the eye.
Well, I was lonesome, I felt so lonesome, and I could not help but cry.
All my love's in vain.

When the train, it left the station, there was two lights on behind,
When the train, it left the station, there was two lights on behind,
Well, the blue light was my baby, and the red light was my mind.
All my love's in vain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWZJoGIcShE&feature=kp 

"Love in Vain" by Robert Johnson. 1971 cover by The Faces in their prime, before the booze and coke ruined everything. Featuring Ronnie Wood on slide guitar and a well known model railroader (HO) on vocals.     

Pete

Sorry Hal, I couldn't help myself...... you asked for it This really ain't about trains, I don't think.

The Doobie Brothers   "Long Train Runnin' "

Down around the corner
A half a mile from here
You see them old trains runnin'
And you watch them disappear

 

I don't see what those latest offerings have to do with anything. 

"Long Train Runnin'" sounds like it's all about trains, which is not what I'm askin' for.

Peter is still the member who best understands my point.

A case of Lowenbrau Dark to Peter!

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HEY K. C. JONES,

That Marshall Tucker band has a nice country sound, but they should drown their lead vocalist, who has only a 5-note range and sounds constipated.

He's not qualified to shine Marty Robbins' shoes!

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A few from one of my playlists:

On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe    Bing Crosby    Bing Crosby   
Long Twin Silver Line    Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band    Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band   
Greenville Trestle High    Doc Watson    Doc Watson   
Riding That Midnight Train    Doc Watson    Doc Watson   
Long Train Runnin'    The Doobie Brothers    The Doobie Brothers   
Mean Old Frisco    Eric Clapton    Eric Clapton   
Canadian Pacific    George Hamilton Iv    George Hamilton Iv   
Chattanooga Choo Choo (Remastered 2002)    Glenn Miller    Glenn Miller And His Orchestra   
Billy Richardson's Last Ride    Grandpa Jones    Grandpa Jones   
Waiting For A Train    Grandpa Jones    Grandpa Jones   
Casey Jones    Grateful Dead    Grateful Dead   
Ringling, Ringling    Jimmy Buffett    Jimmy Buffett   
John Henry 2007    John Paul Wright    John Paul Wright   
Nashville Bound    John Paul Wright    John Paul Wright       
The Tempest - Sean Garrison    John Paul Wright    John Paul Wright   
Hub Engineer    John Paul Wright    John Paul Wright   
Cottonwood Local    John Paul Wright    John Paul Wright   
The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore - Jean Richie    John Paul Wright    John Paul Wright   
My Old Man    John Paul Wright    John Paul Wright   
Jonah's Lullaby    John Paul Wright    John Paul Wright   
Workin'    John Paul Wright    John Paul Wright   
Long Black Train    Josh Turner    Josh Turner
Charlie And The MTA    Kingston Trio    Kingston Trio   
Rock Island Line    Leadbelly    Leadbelly   
Orange Blossom Special    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Various Artists   
Wabash Cannonball    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band,
Kansas City Southern (Digitally Mastered - September 1992)    Pure Prairie League   
Wabash Cannonball    Roy Acuff    Roy Acuff   
Fire Ball Mail    Roy Acuff    Roy Acuff   
Night Train To Memphis    Roy Acuff    Roy Acuff   
Jenny Dreamed Of Trains    Vince Gill    Vince Gill   
City Of New Orleans        Arlo Guthrie   
Folsom Prison Blues        Johnny Cash   
Midnight Flyer        Eagles       
Orange Blossom Special        The Charlie Daniels Band   
Chattannooga Choo-Choo        Glenn Miller Orchestra
Bringing In The Georgia Mail        Jim & Jesse And The Virginia Boys   
I'm Bound To Ride        The Stanley Brothers   
Orange Blossom Special        Smokey And The Bandit    Soundtrack
Monkey And The Engineer        Grateful Dead   
Big Railroad Blues        Grateful Dead   
Life's Railway To Heaven        The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band   
Orange Blossom Special        Joe Maphis and His super Picker Pals   
Wabash Cannonball        Benny Martin   
Casey Jones        Grateful Dead   

Paradise, by John Prine

When I was a child my family would travel
Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born
And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered
So many times that my memories are worn

And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away

Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River
To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols
But empty pop bottles was all we would kill

And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away

Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken
Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man

And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away

When I die let my ashes float down the Green River
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam
I'll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waitin'
Just five miles away from wherever I am

And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away

(c) John Prine

“She was born in '32, and was she ever pretty

She rode a freight train west, all the way from Detroit city”

Beach Boys "Ballad Of Ole' Betsy" Lead vocals by: Brian Wilson. Released 1963.

Nearly, 25 years later, Brian Wilson took part in a nonviolent political action outside the Concord Naval Weapons Station in California. He sat down on the train tracks, along with two other veterans, to try to stop a U.S. government munitions train sending weapons to Central America during the time of the Contra Wars. The train didn't stop. Willson suffered 19 broken bones, a fractured skull and lost both of his legs.

Saw Marty in concert back in '78 at Little Nashville Indiana. Have over 900MB just in his folder alone in my music collection. from Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby to Brad Paisley's latest.

"Gonna get about as oiled as a diesel  train............"

Saturday night's alright for fightin....."  -Elton John/Bernie Taupin

"I'm on a one-way track on a runaway train....."

-Soul Asylum

Thanks, everybody...at least you replied!

Now shall we discuss early Rennaisance sculpting?

(I want to thank those who gave me "likes"!)

It seems like every time I start a new thread, it results in an avalanche of replies, with someone always sending me a "like"!

Those "likers" are my favorite responders!

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Big Crab Cake:  Just for clarification, while the Beach Boys did record The Ballad of Ole Bettsy, and Brian Wilson was the lead vocalist....

...it was S. Brian Willson (note the two L's in spelling) that was injured during the protest you mentioned at the Concord Naval Station.  (source is Wikipedia)  Mr. Willson is a Vietnam Veteran while Brian with the Beach Boys did not serve.  Mr. Willson is also an attorney, a peace activist and apparently served several politicians as an aid or volunteer and has been involved in some film making.  But, he is not Brian Wilson, the brother of Dennis Wilson and Carl Wilson. 

My favorite would be Shaggy’s “The train is coming”, the soundtrack from the 1995 movie “Money Train”. Can’t get better than that. A song with train in the lyrics & video in a movie with a train not just in the title but also an important part of the plot.

Here is a link to the song on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzXB26vto0g

Here is a portion of the lyrics

I say the train is coming baby
i say the train is coming now
i say the train is coming baby
i say the train is coming now
so long i've been waiting, waiting for you, (wait on my knees) oh lord
now the time has come, when it's between you and me, oh lord
because the train is coming baby
i say the train is coming now, now, now, now
i say the train is coming baby
and i am leaving on that train, lord

woman me a go away and me naw come back
stand up at the station with me suitcase packed
gal how me love you but me naw turn back
tell me right now this minute if you you coming or not
stand up at the station at about six o'clock
rain it a pour and lightning start to flash
I man wonder to myself whether she coming or not
Or it's about time I man wake up and face the fact
Well she find a new love and it's holding her back
That is why I'm standing by myself on the railroad track
Boop boop bop, heart a beat non-stop
There's no wonders or signs are you coming back

Thanks,

Naveen Rajan

The last verse of "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" as written by Steve Goodman and sung by David Allan Coe. Coe sings that his friend Steve Goodman had missed writing the perfect country-western song because he "hadn't said nothin' at all 'bout Mama, or trains, or trucks, or prison, or gettin' drunk." So Steve wrote this final verse, and Coe realized that his friend had written the perfect country-western song.

I was drunk

The day my Mama

Got out of prison.

So I went 

to pick her up

in the rain.

But before I could get to the station in my pickup

Truck

She got run over by a ****ed old Train!

(asterisks courtesy of Forum censor software)

Oh OK. That makes more sense. Especially since I saw the Beach Boys a few times in the 90's and Brian Wilson didn't seem to have any significant mobility issues. Thanks for clearing that up.

Big Crab Cake...it is kind of confusing.  I had never heard about the Beach Boy Brian Wilson having that kind of injury...so I wanted to learn more and found the Wiki link.

Southwest Hiawatha:  I used to play that song at some really sleazy saloons around 2004...sometimes, you don't get to pick the band you play in or the gigs. 

"...clickity clack clack, clickity clack clack, Baltimore and Ohio. Clickity clack clack, clickity clack clack roll on, roll on..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhiBcVILo5o

I think song is actually about early transportation in the U.S. such as the C&O canal, and B&O railroad...I believe the "elephant riders" are the train locomotives. I could be wrong though.

"The Elephant Riders"

Elephant Riders by Clutch

Don't stop Believin' - Journey

"Just a small town girl
Livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin' anywhere
Just a city boy
Born and raised in south Detroit
He took the midnight train goin' anywhere"

ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE

Brewer and Shipley or Lawrence Welk (for a laugh)

"Awaitin' for the train that goes home, sweet Mary
Hopin' that the train is on time
Sittin' downtown in a railway station
One toke over the line"

BANKS OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN 

Nanci Griffith

"Take me to the station
I am late to catch my southbound train
And I'm gonna call my cousin Libby
She will be waiting by the tracks when I roll in
Oh I'm gonna roll across America
Just to stand beside my Pontchartrain again"

As for MTB.. when the original band was alive they were great... many tragedies but many great rock anthems

Alan Jackson: Freight Trains

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xyt9gUlrec

Some of the verses:

Wish it was a freight train baby
Wish it was a diesel locomotive
I'd come whistling down your track crashing in your door.
Wish it was a freight train baby
Wish it didnt have a heart
You need a shovel for the coal just to get me started
Wish it was a freight train baby
Wish it was a freight train baby
Wish it was a freight train.

Well every time I talk to you I hear your jealous lines
I feel like I've been left abandoned on some old railway side
And every time I hear your voice my water just gets cold
My stoker will not stoke and my boiler will not boil.

And...

Well every time I fell behind I could not get ahead
I wish someone would pull the lever and give me a little sand
And every time I slip behind even further back
I wish some switch man would come out of the fog and change my track.

Chuck Berry "All Aboard"

The Kinks - Last Of The Steam-Powered Trains

BLACKFOOT-TRAIN TRAIN